Sentence examples for competent labour from inspiring English sources

But conservatism needs to build a much longer-term movement of positive enthusiasm if it is to withstand the next competent Labour leader.

To be seen as competent, Labour has to find a way of making social democracy work in the context of a global economy, something parties of the left have been grappling with since the collapse of communism.

Voters needn't love Theresa May, they just have to believe she's more competent than Labour.

An ICM/Guardian poll suggested May was seen as far more economically competent than her Labour counterpart.

With a more competent and Blairite Labour leader, many of these voters may have resisted the conclusion altogether.

The big message from the 2016 Scottish election seems to be that the constitutional issue has now replaced class as the primary fault-line in Scottish politics, and on the unionist side the Tories are seen as less toxic and more combative and competent than Scottish Labour.

Women were eligible for the study if they were nulliparous, had a live singleton fetus in the cephalic position, had no contraindications to labour, were competent to give informed consent or had a parent or guardian who was competent to give informed consent, and were experiencing contractions but did not meet labour ward criteria for admission.

But decadent or not, here is the wake-up call Labour needs: competent governments can be killed by boredom.

The two main parties are mirror images of each other The Conservatives' enduring characteristics are "competent but uncaring" while Labour is "caring, but incompetent".

It has instead to carve out an alternative agenda, new popular policies and ultimately a compelling narrative that Labour is competent and can be trusted.

In 1975 Wilson – crafty, cynical and competent – suppressed some of Labour's divisions with a referendum on Europe in which collective cabinet responsibility was temporarily suspended to allow ministers to campaign on either side.